Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-01-08

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-yrgn s.Then don't tell me, Mrs. Ba
iey.,n s.''si, J.
ssShe has always be ee'fts : that 70
.ofyou, sir,n rambled on the g6s e
soul, ashe'd throw over her long
faced Judge in a minute if She
thought
Mr. 5HeyWode stopped the -indis-
lcYE How ffswoG Is Eby nimpa tient!
mtsYement Of bis hand, and no,
ting; the froMn ON his forehead, the
oIdslady wisely withdrew.
But there was no hint OF sadness
OF arriere pense about Harold when
he joined the gay throng in his
drawing rooms. Some one was
playing a rapid mazurka, while
dashing girl was trying to teach a
stupid partner the dance u la polo
naise; few interested spectators
alternately essayed to initiate, aud
took out their discontinue in ridi.
cIie when they failed to catch the
light abandon Of tue one who knew
bow. "A few more were idly saun-
tering up and down, while others
conversed in groups or pairs.
"We were discussing old Gus
TOMS" said one, as Mr.. Heywode
appeared. 'sPerhaps you CAN add
to our knowledge. All we know
about this is that Epiphany or
Twelfth Night festivities are still
Kept up in old countries and in va
fious ways-as Lord of Misrule in
Scotland, and King of the Bean7in
France"
..In some parts of Touraine," re-
Piled DIR Heywode, II have seen a
very elaborate court ceremonial
After the bean was found; five
slices OF cake were devoutly laid
aside, one for our Lord, one for
his mother, one for each Of the
three wise men, and these were
:afterward given to the poor. The
.King aud Queen were crowned;and
"a Kings Fool chosen, who was ex.
spected to sparkle with wit. The
King was lifted three times in his
jchair, and obliged to make three
crosses on the ceiling with piece
;ofchalk, 'to avert evil from the
house as they said-to bring good.
luck for the year. as We should put
lit. That ceremony is only possible
of course, among the peasants and
simple folk, whose ceilings are suf-.
Efficiently low. But Gomez he con.
q; or to thes-turther
end OF the room, and lifting p9r-
there. He invited them to follow
him through a hall, and into long
room, where the Twelfth Night
feast was spread.
Shortly after Rosanund Young,
fourishing a massive silver knife,
proceeded to divide and distribute
tile cake. Much mirth ensued as
the search went Oh for the hidden
articles, which were to confer such
honor for the night, and the fun
reached its height when Judge
Wesley John was found possessed
of the bean. So solemn a king
could never have been since the
days OF Edward the Confessor and
Louis the Saint; but with benign
smile he allowed himself to be
crowned, and even seemed to enjoy
in a resigned fashion, the tempo
rary supremacy he had acquired
The pea fell to the girl who danced
the mazurka in the Polish style,
and it is on record that she offered
her crown to Rosamund, who as
promptly declined it, laughingly
condoIing with her on having q con.
sort who might have serious scru-
pies against her favorite pastime.
II may stir the people up to a
revolution" she answered, nerrily.
.sWe may insist on the King dane.
ing the mazurka-"
"Gravely digniied as he seems,
interrupted Miss Young, 81 believe
him quite capable of Pleading you all
a dance. He will rule his own
realm"
And so itproved. AS, according
to the laws of the bean, all others
had to acU like their sovereign they
soon found tblawh, icsI;Sii 6sv Lod J.
Y 15tks: to do to follow his eccentric
before ty's lead.
,hen he Of all the line of nj
to the crowned at HeywOde none
merry er surpassed Mr.. John in d
'terious misrule, and his excessive